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Since its inception in 1900, the Nobel Peace Prize has been one of the world’s most cherished awards. Given to individuals who have distinguished themselves in some significant way in the cause of peace, it has been bestowed on the likes of Albert Schweitzer, Martin Luther King, Jr., Mother Teresa, and Nelson Mandela. […]

Government regulation of anything continues to be viewed with skepticism by many Americans, even with the nation still suffering from the effects of de-regulation in the financial markets. Still, few can seriously argue against a need for increased supervision by the SEC and other market/banking regulatory agencies, and rare are the voices clamoring for less […]

(First of two parts) It is time to consider government regulation of professional sports. Past time, actually. But since no one, to my knowledge, has even so much as raised the point, let’s see if we can at least get a healthy discussion started on what would be a significant step towards a reclamation by […]

Birthdays are one of life’s enigmas. Even the word is less accurate than it could be, since it refers to the anniversary of one’s entry into the world, not to the actual entry itself. The analogy would be to celebrate one’s wedding anniversary by calling it one’s wedding day, which is, of course, absurd: one […]